Immigrant Ships
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SS Australia

I, H.C. Houdlette, Master of the SS Australia do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Honolulu from which port said vessel has now arrived, or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port or place, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature) H.C. Houdlette
Sworn to this 28 day of March 1896, before me, (signature) _______, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the SS Australia whereof H.C. Houdlette is Master, from Honolulu, burthen 1537.? tons

Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Height, Complexion*, Color of Eyes*, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification*, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1, 31??, Yom Sing, 29y, Merchant, Honolulu, 5'4"


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the transcriber, 
  or is used to call attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

Question marks replace illegible information or letters.

The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.  
 However, there is a system of numbering the manifests that is a part of the National
 Archives file system on Chinese persons.  These numbers are included in the identification 
 of the film and reel numbers below.

The following columns are obscured on the film
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Height
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts
 
According to the National Archives branch in San Bruno, California it is possible that they have
 some information on any Chinese passenger who arrived in San Francisco after 1886.
 

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